World unprepared for pandemic, panel warns
By DW
20 September 2019 |
12:51 pm
The next pandemic could spread within 36 hours, disrupt economies and destabilize national security, WHO and World Bank experts have said. The panel said current efforts to manage a pandemic are "grossly insufficient."
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